Cameras

[royal]

:confused: So what to do, what to do.... I was wondering If I could get peoples opinions on cameras. I dont own one, but obviously have a comp. and would like to get a digital camera for all the basic type of uses.... all seasons pics, tourist pics etc etc.
Could all you users give me some opinions on cameras comparing cost to usefulness.

P.S. As you probably could tell I am not an avid(sp?) camera user

[Edwin]

Hi royal,

I just got a digital camera last month, the Canon S40 and its really good.

I would recommend any Canon or Nikon digital camera. If you dont want to spend too much, the Canon A40 is your best bang for buck, as well as the Nikon Coolpix 2000 and 2500.

[Lisa]

We have a Sony Mavica CD-300, I find it's great for macros, being able to get as close as 3". The biggest selling feature was it's convenience of using 3.5" cd's. You don't need any cables to connect the camera to your computer, just pop the CD in your drive and away you go, though cables are included for connecting to your computer's usb ports and your tv/vcr. The camera is a little more expensive but the media is dirt cheap, 180 megs for a couple dollars.

[royal]

hmm, thanks Edwin, and Lisa... are there anymore oppinions?

[Edwin]

royal, why dont you look at the pictures posted by other members, and if you see something you like, ask them what camera they are using. That is what I did.

Hope this helps.

[royal]

Yes, that would have been the smartest thing to do.. hahaha

Thanks edwin

[dave]

s30 and s40 great camera's

[Zoe]

Get a Canon Elf (S100 or higher). Great cams!

Zoe

[marisa]

me because I am not hard core into photography...I bought the Cannon Powershot A40. It was cost effective, has video with audio capabilities, and takes clear pictures without a lot of work.

Marisa

[Matt]

i bought an olympus c3020 a while ago and i love it....but they are up to c3040 i think now.....so i would definitely recommend something from that line!
cant go wrong with olympus!!!

[J_Riley]

I love Nikon, espically my coolpix 4500. Granted, it's expensive, but to me when you can take a shot of a snake's eyeball that will fill a 17" monitor's display area...

It does 35 second movies, the whole shooting match. I have several small animals (small snakes, small frogs) so I needed something that would take kick @ss macros, and this baby let's you do within 3/4"!

The "film" ;) is kind of prohibitively priced, but other than that, I have no complaints, a top notch piece of equipment.

[BWSmith]

I use a good old fashioned (relatively speaking) Sony Mavica. I like it because it has good zoom, takes decent pics, but the biggest advantage is that it writes the pics to a floppy disk so I can pop it in any puter, no cables. :)

[Lisa]

We have one of those floppy mavicas too, i keep forgetting about it cause we don't use it all that often.

[JIMI]

Fuji FinePix series are great cameras for both point and shoot and some custom stuff. great colour, battery life, and lets you record sound and video. I had one before I upgraded to a completely manual digital camera. FinePix is great

[jakejeff]

I have a kodak dx3900 its not bad but I find it takes amazing closeups but takes alot of tinkering to get pics clear.

[Lizzy001]

i have a digital one and it sucks!!!!


i need a new one

[Simon R. Sansom]

Hi,
I really like my Canon Powershot A40.
Check Wal-Mart, they're really coming down in price ($397.00 Canadian, last time I looked).

Cheers!

Simon

[JIMI]

the Fuji FinePix cameras take pics like this without any tweaking ... it was even taken through glass.

<IMG SRC="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/626jcpshot.jpg">

[gargoyle]

S40 is no longer available, it's now the S45, and much faster for recording time, still an excellent price, canadian retail is about $799.99 for the kit from Canon and Compact Flash cards dropped in price last week, really good deals on larger cards right now.

Personally I use a Canon D30 DSLR but that's a huge expense and a really big learning curve for a first camera...wouldn't suggest it.....

:eb:

[Linds]

I'm using the same thing as Simon, the Canon Powershot A40. I love it! I find it to be very user-friendly and takes great pics. It records sound, takes videos as well. I don't know about all the technical stuff so I can't tell you about the other features and what they mean :rolleyes: It starts at $399+.

Here are a few shots...

<img src="http://ssnakess.com/photopost/data/507/22marvinscales.jpg">

<img src="http://ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/22jamaicy01.jpg">

<img src="http://ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/22peanutmacrohead.jpg">

<img src="http://ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/22upclosefroggy.jpg">

<img src="http://ssnakess.com/photopost/data/507/22macroborneoout.jpg">

<img src="http://ssnakess.com/photopost/data/507/22lilballhead.jpg">

[Youkai]

Taken with a camera that's under $400... Nikon coolpix 2000
These are large photos.
<a href="http://members.shaw.ca/youkai/geckos/gonilarge.jpg">Goni</a>
<a href="http://members.shaw.ca/youkai/geckos/gargeye.jpg">Gargoyle</a>
<a href="http://members.shaw.ca/youkai/geckos/crestedeye.jpg">Crested</a>

[Chris F.]

i have a nikon coolpix 2500 that i purchased for $249. it's undoubtedly the best camera i've owned. Many features including an awesome close-up mode and its small size make it a nice little gadget.

Here's a sample pic I took in close-up mode..

http://www.ratemyreptile.com/pics/img3e498cc6dc89d.jpg


hope this helped....chris

[Mr Maggot]

minolta dimage f100 is a good one--small, 4 megapixel, takes movies and sound too

[Lisa]

Sony Mavica CD-300

one of the things i like most is that it saves to CDRWs

http://geekgrrl.ca/natyawn.jpg

http://snakes.geekgrrl.ca/nadia/nadia10.jpg

http://snakes.geekgrrl.ca/silnya/silnya-18.jpg

http://snakes.geekgrrl.ca/feather/feather-10.JPG

http://snakes.geekgrrl.ca/silnya/silas29.jpg

http://snakes.geekgrrl.ca/randa/anastasia-21.jpg

http://snakes.geekgrrl.ca/randa/rasputin-16.jpg

Hope that wasn't too many.

[Samba]

Well guys last night I went to Wal-Mart and bought myself a nifty little thing that suuposed to have Macro. I get home and it's a POS! Of course I paid $50.00 for it (you get what you paid for) so I'm returning it today. I really like the coolpix camara and will try to get that one instead... I took this test pic of Girl... you can really tell how crappy it is by this pic!

[DragnDrop]

Another vote for Olympus. I use the C3030 Zoom.
Sample pictures are in my ssnakess.com album.
:)

[snakemann87]

i have an olympus D-380, seems to work pretty good, but i have to say lisa and linds your cameras ROCk!!!!!!!!!!!! how much would the sony mavica CD-300 run me lisa?

[Lisa]

Originally posted by snakemann87
i have an olympus D-380, seems to work pretty good, but i have to say lisa and linds your cameras ROCk!!!!!!!!!!!! how much would the sony mavica CD-300 run me lisa?

Thanks, as for how much the cd-300 runs new, I'm not sure, it's been replaced with the CD-250 (2 megapixal) and CD-400 (4 megapixal) I've seen the CD-400 for 1200 canadian (probably 800 US) new.

One nice camera I'd love to have is the Canon D-60 (2k US), it can take the lenses off a regular cannon SLR so you can get some pretty sweet optics that are hard to beat.

[snakemann87]

awesome, ill look into that one, thanks for the reply lisa.

[tightsqueeze]

i use the Kodak Easy Share LS420

[Stalabros]

I would suggest The Canon PowerShot A40, it is the camera I currently have and I think it is amazing there are so many options for advanced photographers and it is really simple to use for the begginers. I posted a few pics that I took with my camera, have a look, you can decide for yourself.

They have come down in prise considerably, I think they are at $329 now.

I do suggest getting NiMH batteries though, they will save you a lot of money in the long run (about $25 for four and a charger at Wal-Mart)